Federal Criminal Record investigation
CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor Channel File 291 Global Windows Outage

Unprecedented global IT blackout triggered by an invalid content configuration update (Channel File 291) deployed to CrowdStrike Falcon sensor software, crashing 8.5 million Microsoft Windows devices into unbootable Blue Screen of Death loops, paralyzing commercial aviation, healthcare systems, and retail banks worldwide.

Loss Amount $5.4B
Techniques 2 Mapped
Threat Actor Individual